HOSPITALIZATION
Scrabble letter values: H4O1S1P3I1T1A1L1I1Z10A1T1I1O1N1 = 29
Definition
- noun a period of time when you are confined to a hospital.
- noun the condition of being treated as a patient in a hospital.
- noun insurance that pays all or part of a patient's hospital expense. — synonyms: hospitalization_insurance
- noun placing in medical care in a hospital. — synonyms: hospitalisation, hospital_care
Examples
- “now they try to shorten the patient's hospitalization”
- “he hoped to avoid the expense of hospitalization”